Voluntary Deportation - Anyone have experience or knowledge?

Hello.

They do not care for reasons.

If you did not commit any crime you will need:

- to pay 500 penalties per month from 2007 to now (around 78000 pesos)
- ACR card for each year from 2007 to 2020. Cost around 1000 per year (around 13000)
- unpaid visa extension fees from 2007 to 2020. Cost around 1500 per each month. (around 234000 pesos)
- possible some deportation costs.

It will cost you at least 350k. And of course blacklist.

Better do not show up in immigration office without 500k in cash.

If you cannot pay, you will go to jail.

Thanks Eduardo for your reply.

Your directness was appreciated.

From my online research, I thought my fines etc would exceed 600k so I am somewhat surprised at your calculations. I hesitate to say they are welcome as at this time 350k is still out of reach.

'If you cannot pay, you will go to jail'.

This appears to be the key point for me at the moment.

In your experience/ opinion...Do you know how long for or is it the case that your there until it is paid...even if you can arrange your own flight out? 

Thanks

I do not know really. For each day in jail they will deduct some amount from your debt, but I have really no idea how much.

Better do not show up in immigration without serious amount of money and ask for their understanding. They will not understand.

You might call your embassy to see what is your options and what you can expect.

Eduardo,

Contacting the embassy makes sense, I was just avoiding that first step until I understood as best I could what the exit process may be.

Thanks again,

Have a top evening!

I feel your pain. Take care buddy.

Think of it this way. With the pandemic, the government is in need of money. My thought is they will ask you to pay the fine. Jailing you would cost them money and risk of you getting infected with Covid. You probably need your embassy's assistance to negotiate your exit.

The priority for you is to have your passport first. Without it you can not leave the country, whatever your situation

Exiting the Philippines may not be the worst of your problems. If the missus is really angry at you, uh-oh.

Best to 'Face the Music' one note at a time mate!
To your Embassy/Explanation
/Passport 1st
Jail/Fine/Exit 2nd
Missus 3rd
All of which sure sounds v.expensive!
Wish you the best.

LOL @ Jackson4...

Whilst we still cohabit, I think she can see the writing on the wall. We had a good innings and she has done alright out of the whole escapade, basically lounging about for over a decade...nice life if you can get it!

Ce la vie.

With regards to the passport, my plan is to use the emergency documents route as there may be even further delays getting a replacement given the current health fiasco. Might be handy avoiding the nasty 'red stamp' too...

Anyways, appreciate the comments fellas, more helpful than you know.

Time to crack on and try and get this sorted!

All the best.

Hey my husband is currently in blacklist due to overstaying .but he was granted as refugee so basically his name shouldve been lifted from blacklist but its still in the system . We wrote a letter to the commisioner of immigration to lift it up so he can leave the country .
My question is did. Wrote a letter to comissioner too? And how long did u get a respond?

"You might call your embassy to see what is your options and what you can expect."

allworknoplay wrote:

Eduardo,

Contacting the embassy makes sense, I was just avoiding that first step until I understood as best I could what the exit process may be.

Thanks again,

Have a top evening!

British Embassy are a complete waste of time, their attitude is "Don't go to the Philippines, if you do then whatever happens it's your own fault.

it's a old thread, Aug 2020.

I recall this, man basically overstayed like 13 years or something. I wonder what finally happened to allworknoplay?

Hey Bruh, You Still There? 

Perhaps the  OP should put in a collect call to Carlos Ghosn in the Lebanon

The british turned their backs on their royal family member. I wonder if you can get help from their embassy.
@allworknopay: Wo bist du?

It's not clear that the guy is a Brit. A contributor mentioned the British Embassy. If he is a British national he can go (I suspect he has already done this) to the embassy and they will pay the fees and confiscate the passport on his return to Blighty in lieu of repaying the loan.
Ironic that you mention a member of the Royal Family. Its a mirror image of what happened to the OP - got suckered by a third rate American actress. And why should the British taxpayer bail 'him' out, the guy's loaded.